Top 10 Geeky Gift Wrap Options
Okay, you’ve got the present. Now the only thing left is to make it all mysterious and pretty with some gift wrap. But wait, blue stars or jolly reindeer just aren’t good enough when you’re giving that great geeky gift. That package needs pizazz.
Here are the top ten geeky wrapping papers out there:
Zombies Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $6
Nothing says “happy holidays” like zombies. This black gift wrap is decorated with a design of brains tied with festive red ribbon and decaying undead holding red presents. Note: ThinkGeek just has one page for all it’s gift wrap so you have to select “Zombies” from the drop box to buy that particular geeky gift wrap design.
- Purchase this gift wrap from ThinkGeek
Pac Man Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19-$22
This Pac Man gift wrap is designed and made by an independent artist. Holiday neutral, too, so you can use it for Chanukkah or Christmas (birthdays too). Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
Steampunk Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19
This steampunk gears gift wrap is designed and made by an independent artist. Holiday neutral so you can use it for Chanukkah or Christmas (birthdays too). Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
QRapping Paper
- Price Range: $19.99
The world’s most interactive wrapping paper.
Mobile devices can now scan bar codes. So special square bar codes have been invented that you can program with particular information. For instance, I went to a holiday party and the hosts had put a bar code on a votive candle that, when you scanned it with your phone, opened a webpage that told you all about the fossils in their stone sink basin (pretty cool, huh).
QRapping Paper has taken this bar code scanning idea to the next geeky level by creating gift wrap that is covered with the special bar codes. When the lucky giftee pulls out their trusty smartphone and scans the gift wrap they see a video of your choice (which you select from a library of over 50).
- Purchase this gift wrap from vendor
Dalek Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19-$22
I LOVE this one. Festive red and green Daleks shouting “Exterminate” are just the ticket to brighten any Who geek’s Christmas holiday. Designed and made by an independent artist. Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
Robot Santa Futurama Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19-$22
Green Christmas gift wrap decorated with the Robot Santa Claus from Futurama. Designed and made by an independent artist. Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
Disco Borg Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19-$22
*Falls off chair laughing* I LOVE this disco dancing Borg wrapping paper. If only Picard had known the key to defeating this cyborg menace was a little Saturday Night Fever. This’ll festive up any gift for your favorite Trekkie. And it’s nice and holiday neutral so you can use it for Chanukkah or Christmas (birthdays too). Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
Binary Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $6
A good holiday neutral wrapping paper. The green terminal font reads “wrapping paper” in binary.
01000011011011110110111101101100. Good for a range of fans plus computer geeks. Note: ThinkGeek just has one page for all it’s gift wrap so you have to select “Binary” from the drop box to buy that particular geeky gift wrap design.
- Purchase this gift wrap from ThinkGeek
Star Wars Rebel Alliance Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19-$22
The Rebel Alliance symbol in festive red and green. This is the Christmas edition of this design. Designed and made by an independent artist. Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
Cthulhu Wrapping Paper
- Price Range: $19-$22
Cheery Cthulhu heads add that Lovecraftian touch to your geek gift giving. Using it can be a little maddening, though. Doubles for Christmas and birthdays. Designed and made by an independent artist. Sold in standard-sized rolls of glossy gift-wrap that’s 6 feet in length. Custom sizes, finishes, and color choices available if you contact the artist, Merrypranxter.
- Purchase this gift wrap directly from artist’s Etsy store.
